It has always bugged me, and it still bugs me. Why can't we cast cure, waltzes, carrots and what-not on pets?

It has been several years of people complaining that their pets die all the time. They want new recasts, new healing abilities, etc. when the easy solution is to just allow your local WHM to heal them.

It might be mentioned that you are free to cast cures on monsters in this game (does nothing unless they are undead though), so one can wonder why pets are the exception. Your NPC friend is also a "pet" that can be cured, although it does not occupy the pet slot.

I hope SE someday will come to their senses and allow pets to be cured. At that time it might also be close to letting pets receive bonuses from songs and spells etc.